"I have looked back through the thread and have no idea where this "inner circle" concept"
see the post above yours
When it's Koufax, it's all about dominance, apparently, but when it's Halladay vs Hudson, it's all about total stats. Which is it?
Halladay has been significantly more dominant than Hudson, not even close. Hudson's best Cy finish is 2nd, a year when he had a 4.14 ERA and a 113 ERA+. Not exactly Halladay territory.
Meanwhile, let me know if you think any of these pitchers would "merit Hof consideration":
Bender
Bunning
Chesbro
Coveleski
Dean
Drysdale
Faber
Gomez
Grimes
Haines
Hoyt
Hunter
Joss
Lemon
Lyons
Marquard
McGinnity
Newhouser
Pennock
Ruffing
Rusie
Vance
Willis
see the post above yours
When it's Koufax, it's all about dominance, apparently, but when it's Halladay vs Hudson, it's all about total stats. Which is it?
Halladay has been significantly more dominant than Hudson, not even close. Hudson's best Cy finish is 2nd, a year when he had a 4.14 ERA and a 113 ERA+. Not exactly Halladay territory.
Meanwhile, let me know if you think any of these pitchers would "merit Hof consideration":
Bender
Bunning
Chesbro
Coveleski
Dean
Drysdale
Faber
Gomez
Grimes
Haines
Hoyt
Hunter
Joss
Lemon
Lyons
Marquard
McGinnity
Newhouser
Pennock
Ruffing
Rusie
Vance
Willis
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